assault
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The decision to drop the charge of assault on a federal officer came after Carlos Jimenez’s defense lawyers demanded records related to the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Whitmire's announcement comes a week after an ICE officer was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit a man with a vehicle in Texas.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The U.S. military has two different aircraft carrier groups operating in the Arabian Sea alongside an amphibious assault ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Despite the intimidation, Giuffra said his client wants her lawsuit to transform how Cornell and other US universities deal with sexual assault.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
When I get to Rockledge that afternoon, I practically assault Zach for information.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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“Tensions were heightened as Saudi Arabia said it was dealing with new drone and missile assaults on Monday,” ANZ Research analysts say in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
One of the pilots at the Old Bailey led to the London backlog of 500 cases concerning assaults on emergency workers being cut in half over the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“And I’m going to stand up to those assaults, and Californians will continue to stand up to those assaults.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Such combined assaults expose a vulnerability in Western air defenses that rely on expensive interceptors to shoot down incoming projectiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then there was, that night, the storm, and ships which had cut their anchor cables to escape the assaults of rebellion were now incapable of mooring, and so were dragged ineluctably toward shore.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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The Met has appealed for anyone with information, or anyone else who believes they may have been assaulted, to come forward.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The thing is, by the time we’re assaulted by all that, we understand that Pamela has had it, too.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle was damaged, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The following day, a 72-year-old Fresno resident shot and wounded an ICE agent whom police said had fallen asleep on the resident’s daughter’s front lawn, appeared “intoxicated and agitated” and allegedly assaulted the resident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
She rocked backward as if assaulted by a strange wind.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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US actress Selma Blair has spoken out after being accused of assaulting multiple people on a flight travelling to New York.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Robinson has served jail time in the U.K. on charges including assaulting an off-duty police officer, using a false passport to enter the U.S. and mortgage fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He also denied assaulting the executive director and said he did not threaten female labor leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting a man outside a petrol station, a court has heard.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
French, British, and Belgian armies, meanwhile, were assaulting German defenses along the rest of the Western Front.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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